César de la Hoz López (born 30 March 1992) is a Spanish

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who plays mainly as a midfielder for Real Valladolid.

Club career

Early career

Born in Orejo,

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, Cantabria, de la Hoz was a product of Racing de Santander's youth system, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2011–12 season, in Tercera División. On 19 August 2012 he made his professional debut, starting in a 0–1 home defeat against UD Las Palmas, in the

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championship. On 13 July 2013, de la Hoz joined Barakaldo CF in

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. After appearing regularly he moved to fellow league team

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on 10 July 2014. On 30 August 2017, de la Hoz was loaned to Albacete Balompié in the second division, for one year. He scored his first professional goals on 15 October, netting a brace in a 2–1 home defeat of Sevilla Atlético.

Almería

On 4 July 2018, de la Hoz signed a two-year deal with UD Almería, still in the second tier. On 6 October 2021, after establishing himself as a starter and one of the team captains, he renewed his contract until 2023; the Andalusians achieved promotion to La Liga as champions at the end of that season. de la Hoz made his top tier debut at the age of 30 on 27 August 2022, replacing

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at half-time in a 2–1 home win over Sevilla FC. He scored his first goal in the category on 29 October, netting his team's second in a 3–1 success over

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also at the ''

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''. On 14 June 2023, de la Hoz and teammate Francisco Portillo both left the ''Rojiblancos'' as their contracts were due to expire.

Valladolid

On 21 July 2023, de la Hoz signed a two-year contract with Real Valladolid, freshly relegated to the second division.

Honours

Almería *

: 2021–22

References

External links

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Beticopedia profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoz, Cesar de la 1992 births Living people People from Trasmiera Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Cantabria Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players Barakaldo CF footballers Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Albacete Balompié players UD Almería players Real Valladolid players 21st-century Spanish people